tipsy

«tipsy» in Mova's school dictionary: Slightly drunk from drinking alcohol, a bit happy and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (tipsy, tipsier, tipsiest) — informal

meaning for a pupil

1) Slightly drunk from drinking alcohol, a bit happy and unsteady, but not very drunk. tree →

2) A tipsy is a person who is slightly drunk. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday adult talk someone gets «a bit tipsy» at a party or wedding — a light, jokey word. In stories a tipsy character may sing loudly or wobble. Health lessons explain that alcohol is not for children.

examples

• Uncle Pete was a little tipsy at the wedding. tree →
• After one glass of wine she felt tipsy. tree →
• The tipsy guests sang loudly. tree →
• Grandma laughed and said she was feeling tipsy. tree →
• In the cartoon, the tipsy pirate wobbled across the deck. tree →
• "Either I behold a fata morgana, or I must be tipsy," groaned the counsellor. tree →

note

Informal. Scale: tipsy (a little) → drunk → legless/plastered (very, slang). Close UK word: squiffy. Children should never drink alcohol.

In the corpora

• Tipsy means a little alcohol has made someone chattier and sillier than usual, though they are still in control.
• "Tipsy" means slightly drunk.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tipsy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.